Murphy Rules

The University of Chicago Magazine recently ran an article on economist Kevin Murphy. It provides some rather interesting insights on what true genius really is about. In the presence of immense and natural human genius, there is no tendency to bow down and worship - rather, there seems to be a less dangerous tendency to admire with awe, while celebrating the wonder of doing human things.

This is what intelligence is about. It's about massively empowering people without wanting to be (or thinking that you are, or behaving as if you are) God. Being a hub for other people to do their best work can be rewarding. And ego need not come into it.